“Wiretapping in Armenia is not news, we all have heard about the wiretapping of March 1, 2008, which were published by an unknown person. Armenia has always had that opportunity, when there is a court decision, mobile operators provide these recordings”,- so replied the information security expert Samvel Martirosyan to the question of Aravot.am whether he is aware about wiretapping devices sent from Russia to Armenia. He noted that there might be a word on network wiretapping, for example, about wiretapping of Skype. Then, he continued, “Skype has officially announced that it is cooperating with the police in all countries, if there is a justified decision by the court, it will provide the recording of wiretapping. Therefore, it should be always kept in mind that at least the American services: Facebook and Gmail are wiretapped by the U.S. government.” Mr. Martirosyan stated that “it is clear that if there is a cooperation within the CSTO, there might be a cooperation in this field, too.” To our question whether he agrees that almost everything is wiretapped in Armenia, Mr. Martirosyan responded the following, “If a person thinks that he is doing something that is subject to wiretapping, he should always take into account that he can be wiretapped, regardless of where he is living: in Armenia or Mozambique.”
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
